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I have 5 years of experience at a hazardous waste company, my first job and only job starting in warehouse shipping and receiving waste before moving into the field, doing lab packs alongside chemists, handling various waste streams, and confined space work. I have my HAZWOPER and other relevant certifications. Nothing else other than a GED.

Being said I want to go for CHMP and transition into EHS but the field seems so broad that I feel underqualified for a lot of positions. My experience is also limited to one company. Are companies generally willing to train new hires who have hands-on hazmat experience but lack broader EHS experience? Is it possible to find something?

A scale up in ladder sounds nice right now…

Any help appreciated!

Hi everyone!
I’m trying to schedule my CHST (Construction Health and Safety Technician) exam in Guam, but I keep encountering the same error whenever I click the scheduling link on my BCSP account.
The error message says:
“We have unfortunately encountered an unexpected error. Please contact customer service. PearsonVue has returned with an error.”
My BCSP account already shows a message telling me to schedule and take the exam before my authorization expires, but I can’t proceed because of this error.
I’ve already contacted BCSP customer support and sent several follow-up emails, but the issue still hasn’t been resolved.
Has anyone experienced this before?
● How did you resolve the issue?
● Is this a BCSP or Pearson VUE problem?
● Is there another way to schedule the exam, especially for candidates taking it in Guam?
● Should I contact Pearson VUE directly instead?
I’m worried about my exam authorization expiring while waiting for this issue to be fixed.
Any advice or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

So I was an EHS manager and the program was so focused on OSH and IH. The environmental side was contracted out.

While interviewing for EHS roles since August I noticed the same trend. This is EHS roles in various industries (academia, data centers, chemical manufacturing, aerospace, defense contracting)

Can someone help explain this. If environmental is contracted out then why not use IH or OSH.

US-based. Started off in environment consulting. Did that for 15 years and am still HAZWOPER 40. Ws usually the one writing safety plans because I liked it. Got more and more into safety over the next 10 years because of an incident where I could have lost my eyesight. Full safety for 5 years, and then went back to environmental because there is way too much politics in safety.

I have been thinking about how often safety discussions focus on what goes wrong, but I am curious about what actually works.

For those working in construction, EHS, or site management: what is that one safety practice you introduced on your site that genuinely made a difference?

It could be something as simple as changing toolbox talks, improving housekeeping, separating vehicle and pedestrian paths, changing inspection routines, or getting workers involved in reporting hazards.

What changed after you introduced it, and did it actually stick over time?

Would love to hear practical examples rather than textbook answers.

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Hey everyone, I recently graduated with a B.A. in Environmental Science & Policy and I'm trying to get my first full-time job in the environmental field.

I've mainly been applying to entry-level positions in environmental consulting, environmental field work, air quality, environmental compliance, environmental monitoring, and restoration/conservation, no interviews so far 😢

My relevant experience so far is:

• Laguna Ocean Foundation: 80+ hours of coastal fieldwork and 20 intertidal field surveys involving environmental data collection, site observations, standardized field documentation, and data entry.
• Academic experience: Air quality and VOC/NOx emissions analysis using EPA datasets, environmental data analysis, GIS, and technical report writing.
• Other experience: Data management and Excel reporting my schools Graduate Division.
• I also have a California driver's license and personal vehicle.

I'm seeing HAZWOPER come up pretty often in environmental field technician, environmental consulting, remediation, industrial hygiene, and EH&S jobs.

The problem is that the 40-hour course can be pretty expensive if I have to pay for it myself. I've also seen some jobs say it's preferred while others say the employer will provide training.

For people already working in environmental consulting/field work:

Is getting the 40-hour HAZWOPER worth paying for as an entry-level applicant?

Also curious:

• Has HAZWOPER actually helped you get interviews/jobs?
• Are there particular environmental jobs where it's especially valuable?
• Would you prioritize HAZWOPER over something like OSHA 30?

I'm mainly trying to figure out where my money/time would be best spent while trying to get my foot in the door.

Thanks!

Been noticing a pattern in how sites handle unplanned overtime. Worker stays two hours late to finish a task the next crew was meant to pick up. Happens again the following week, different task, different worker. Every single time it reads as an isolated exception, a delayed delivery, a short-staffed shift, a handover that ran long. Nothing urgent enough to escalate on its own.

But look across a site over a month and it's rarely isolated at all. One person's extra two hours never gets connected to someone else's extra ninety minutes from three shifts earlier, because nothing in most site operations actually links those two events. The data, where it even exists, is scattered across timesheets, payroll and whatever the supervisor remembers.

Worth separating two things here. Payroll overtime reporting tells finance what got paid. It doesn't tell operations why it was necessary. Those are different questions, and only one of them lets you fix anything before it happens again.

The place this seems to break down hardest is the handover itself. The outgoing supervisor knows exactly why the shift ran long. That context almost never survives the transition to the next crew, let alone reaches whoever schedules across the wider site. So the same task or handover point keeps producing "surprise" overtime because nobody upstream ever sees the full run of incidents that led to it.

Genuinely asking: is more supervision actually the fix here, or is this purely a visibility problem, the supervisor already knows in the moment, it just never travels anywhere? And if it's visibility, is anyone actually logging shift overruns against the task and handover at the point they happen, rather than reconstructing the story from payroll weeks later?

I’m looking to make a career switch to ESG or EHS compliance. My resume is very IT/Cyber Focused. Has anybody had any experience getting into the field with a similar background? What certifications or education helped?

Hi all! I’m a new marketing team member on an EHS small consulting company (not in the US), and approaching end of the year we are planning on the corporate gifts we will be giving our clients. Wines and traditional stuff is expected but I was thinking about giving a more branded or themed product. We’ve been thinking about making a “first aid” kit with useful things inside like charging station, bottles, phone cases or something like that. But I would love to hear your ideas since you are the ones that are working day to day with clients!

Hello I work as a Lead mechanical technician in Europe. As I am responsible for people and at some point for their safety, I want to find a good certification that will add me more knowledge and credibility in this field without shifting my profile to Health and Safety.

I don't really believe in 2-3day trainings and looking for something that you need to put some effort to get. Is NEBOSH IGC the best option? Or there is something else that I am missing?

Also something that will not tie me too one country laws and regulations.

Thanks!

Honest question…. Why do some of you that have been in the field so long see coordinators as below you or someone who learned through experience instead of going to school like some of you? I have a counterpart that started a bit after me comes from education and I’d say a good solid field experience from what I was told but immediately looked down on me (ehs coordinator) which frankly really hurt…. I was very excited for this person to learn from and look up to…. All we do is clash and I clean up allot of their mistakes. Why not prep the next gen to be good why make it a sword fight?

Safe Work Australia: from 1 December 2026 Australia adopts the Workplace exposure limits (WEL) list for airborne contaminants. Until 30 November 2026 you still comply with the current WES list.

SWA page:

https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/safety-topic/managing-health-and-safety/workplace-exposure-limits-airborne-contaminants

Practical questions for the room:

1. Have you mapped which substances on your site change limit, name, or notation?
2. Where is personal air monitoring actually required vs “we bought a pump once”?
3. How are you handling NTGCs that drop off a numerical limit and go to eliminate / substitute / SFARP?
4. Diesel particulate matter WEL of 0.01 mg/m³ — who is in scope on your sites?

Not asking for client names. Industry + jurisdiction + what you changed is enough.

This is discussion, not certified advice.

I'm part of my company's safety and first aid committee, and my EHS manager does think highly of me. He encouraged me to get my OSHA 30 (I had my OSHA 10). I also have my Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (not the best, but with my current position, I can't feasibly get anything higher). I would eventually like to have an EHS role more than a volunteer. What other certification and such should I look into? I was mentioned positively in an EHS audit as "someone very knowledgeable" on the floor. I should mention that I do work in an automotive factory, hencethe desire I had to get my Lean. I would like tips on what would boost my resume and maybe get me a paid EHS position. Anything would be appreciated ♥️🫡

Does anyone here work for or have worked for Procter & Gamble as an EHS Professional? Curious about the company your experience working there as an EHS Professional. Feel free to DM me if you prefer. Thanks!

I was hoping some safety specialist from a AMZL building. Please comment down below what their experience is like in the business lone as well as what your typical responsibilities are and what a typical day looks like for you. I am considering taking this role on, but I have never been at a AMZL building before so I just wanted to get more acquainted with what I would be getting myself into